service, taking particular care to give him secret orders not to go to
Macan or the coast of China, because they ought not to waste time in
buying merchandise, and on account of other reasonable considerations
which influenced him. Your governor, the president of this Audiencia,
hearing that Pedro de Unamuno--who, on account of Captain Galli's
death, succeeded to his office, together with a large sum of money
which the latter and the officers of the fleet had brought over to
invest--was about to go to Macan, hastened to give them orders, under
penalty of death, to observe the secret instructions given by the said
archbishop, not to go to Macan. The fiscal appealed from this order,
asking that he should not be commanded to make a voyage to Nueva
Espana and abandon the discovery. Notwithstanding the confirmation of
the governor's order by this Audiencia, we have learned that he has
gone toward that coast of China and the settlement of Macan. We give
your Majesty particulars of this matter, in anticipation of future
contingencies. May our Lord preserve the imperial royal Catholic
person of your Majesty, and grant you the addition of greater realms
and seigniories, as we your Majesty's vassals desire and need. Manila,
June 26, 1586. Sacred Royal Catholic Majesty, your Majesty's servants
kiss your royal feet

L. de Santiago de Vera
The licentiate Melchor de Avalo
The licentiate Pedro de Rojas
The licentiate Don Antonio de Ribera Maldonado

[Addressed: "To his sacred royal Catholic Majesty King Don [Felipe]
our lord, in his royal Council of the Indias."]

[Endorsed: "To his Majesty; no. 8; 1586. Letter from the Audiencia
of the Filipinas; June 26, 86." "On various matters regarding the
islands, of which it gives a detailed account, in order that his
Majesty may have it and take suitable action regarding all."]

Letter of Pedro de Rojas to Felipe II

The great need in this country of giving your Majesty an account of the
many matters here that demand reform (and without it are on their way
to evident ruin), and further of the affairs of the realm of China,
seems at this juncture to make it indispensable that the people of
this country should send to your Majesty Father Alonso Sanchez, of
the Society, a person of very holy life, much learning, prudence,
and excellent judgment, and such a one as is well fitted to go to
discuss with your Majesty the affairs which have been placed in his
charge. Many of them, if